“When you’re a college student interested in music, you hear all these rappers talking about dropping out. For me, when I heard someone like J. Cole rapping about school and staying in school, it inspired me to keep going.”

How we grind make the weather change for us.

I don’t jump to conclusions I gracefully fall to them.

I grew up all around the Bay, but I spent most of my time in Hayward and I loved it. It was a really big apartment community, there was a whole bunch of kids.

With a lot of attention comes criticism, but I’ll take that. I’m reaching all the goals I’ve set for myself, so you can’t say anything bad about that.

The experiences I go through, everything you hear in my lyrics is real. Good or bad, I take it all in and put it all on the mic.

I am the investment.

After I graduated, I didn’t have the resources to go to the studio, which is why I then went to social media.

With social media, the gatekeepers are our followers. It has opened so many doors for me not only musically, but fashion-wise as well.

I was working three jobs and going to school full time. I was really unhappy and I told myself, You are not this girl. This sounds corny but I would tell myself, You are an Icy Girl. I’m a confident person, but that was the first time I experienced insecurity and low self-esteem.

I just like really expensive things.

It’s cool to go into the simplicity of fashion, but I’m a very colorful person.

I’m normally getting glammed for my events and when I can give my skin a break, I do.

In order to be an icon, you need to be bold. How do I define boldness? Stepping outside of your comfort zone.

Don’t miss no meals & mind the business that pays you!

If the public doesn’t receive what you say, people can start to build your brand for you.

Everything expensive, everything exclusive.

You only have the right to pursue happiness; you have to catch it yourself.

The secret to getting ahead is getting started.

Get out there and get peace, think peace, and live peace and breathe peace, and you’ll get it as soon as you like.

If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.

Dress like you are going to meet your worst enemy today.

The beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn out all right.

Sometimes the key to your breakthrough lies in helping someone else reach theirs. When you bless others, God will make sure to bless you.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.